The Mechanisms and Outcomes of Evaluation Influence

Mark, Melvin M.; Henry, Gary T.

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“…The monitoring arrangements described in this paper comprise one component of a comprehensive, multimethod evaluation strategy comprising both formative (to improve and refine the programme) and summative (to assess impact) methods. [4][5][6][7] The evaluation strategy (to be discussed in a later paper) is designed to determine effectiveness, identify best practice, and inform decisions about future programming.…”

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Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: monitoring and delivery

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Section: Monitoring Childsmilementioning

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Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: monitoring and delivery

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“…Entende-se como uso a capacidade das avaliações de modificar e introduzir habilidades e técnicas em intervenções. Influência está vinculada à capacidade de os processos avaliativos gerarem efeitos no nível do conhecer, do produzir e de mudar percepções simbólico-culturais e políticas (KIRKHART, 2000;HARTZ ET AL., 2008A;MARK, 2003;HENRY, 2004;FIGUEIRÓ, 2012). Leviton e Hughes (1981) identificaram nos trabalhos analisados cinco grupamentos de variáveis que afetam a utilização da avaliação: (1) a relevância da avaliação para os interessados potenciais; (2) o grau de comunicação entre os interessados potenciais e os que conduzem a avaliação; (3) a tradução das avaliações em ações para os programas e políticas; (4) a credibilidade ou confiança depositada nas avaliações; e (5) o envolvimento e o comprometimento dos interessados.…”

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Usos e influências de uma avaliação: translação de conhecimento?

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RESUMO Partindo de uma avaliação de desempenho, o artigo traz algumas reflexões conceituais que tomam como base teórica a translação do conhecimento e sua relação com os usos e influências de uma avaliação. Realizou-se estudo exploratório com análise documental, tendo como questões norteadoras a identificação de possíveis alianças e fatores que pudessem facilitar ou dificultar a translação do conhecimento. Os resultados indicaram que a teoria instrumenta a validação de construto do processo de utilização, estabelecendo base racional e lógica para abranger diferentes actantes e os interesses que os mobilizam. Algumas limitações da interface entre avaliação e a teoria do ator rede foram identificadas.PALAVRAS-CHAVE Avaliação em saúde. Avaliação de programa. Gestão do conhecimento. ABSTRACT This article, based on a performance evaluation, aims to discuss some conceptual reflections on knowledge translation theory and its relation to the uses and influences of evaluation. An exploratory study was conducted, centered on documental analysis, aiming to identify possible alliances and factors that could facilitate or hinder the translation of knowledge.The results indicated that the theory is a tool that enables the validation of utilization construct process, establishing the rational and logical basis for incorporating different actants and the interests involved. We could also identify some limitations of the interface between evaluation and the actor-network theory.

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“…1 (though without explicit reference to underlying assumptions). In addition, both and Mark and Henry (2004) articulate the particular characteristics of context and process that may be influential, as well as various types of effects that an evaluation could achieve. They identify, for example, the time and resources available for conducting an evaluation as important aspects of the evaluation context.…”

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“…depicted the connections between the evaluation context and policy setting, participatory evaluation practices, and various evaluation consequences (see his Figure 1). Mark and Henry (2004) elaborated on Cousins' work to visually represent a general theory of evaluation influence (see their Figure 2). Both of these earlier efforts described mechanisms or pathways in somewhat general terms-not directly tied to a particular evaluation approach.…”

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Depicting the logic of three evaluation theories

Hansen

Alkin

Wallace

2013

Evaluation and Program Planning

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The work presented in this paper is motivated by a desire to understand the similarities and differences between various evaluation approaches or theories. As previously argued by Shadish (1998), we believe that such an understanding has value for practitioners, theorists, and those who study evaluation. Our basic premise is that visual depictions of such approaches may help to clarify their most important features, in the same way that logic models are frequently used to explicate program theories. Once the salient features are identified, it becomes more evident what particular combination of evaluator and stakeholder activities constitutes the approach. In addition, an underlying logic is revealed, including an explanation of the ways in which those activities might relate to particular effects or consequences. This may help practitioners who, for example, desire to follow a particular theorist's prescriptions. Miller (2010) has suggested that one way in which we might assess the quality or usefulness of evaluation theories is on the basis of their operational specificity. It is well known that constructing a program logic model can sometimes reveal a less-than-fully-formed program logic. There may be similar value in depicting evaluation theories, as such efforts could help identify those aspects of a theory that are in need of further development. Finally, we believe that creating these visual representations may aid research on evaluation. The models we present here include suggestions and claims about the settings or circumstances in which an approach might be followed, the activities that should be implemented, and the effects that may be expected. From these suggestions and claims, it is possible to identify countless questions that could be examined in future empirical research. Indeed, comparing the existing research base with the assertions made in these models could inform the development of a research agenda, in which certain questions are prioritized on the basis of their relevance to theories of practice. This would allow these theories of evaluation to be tested and, over time, refined. Background A (borrowed) framework for modeling evaluation theoriesAs an organizing framework for our visual depictions of the three evaluation theories, we adapted a logic model template developed by the Program Development and Evaluation Unit at the University of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX). Details of this model are described in a logic model training manual by Taylor-Powell and Henert (2008). Its core elements-including activities and outcomes-resemble those of other common logic model frameworks Evaluation and Program Planning 38 (2013) Here, we describe the development of logic models depicting three theories of evaluation practice: Practical Participatory , Values-engaged (Greene, 2005a, and Emergent Realist . We begin with a discussion of evaluation theory and the particular theories that were chosen for our analysis. We then outline the steps involved in constructing the models. The theoretical prescript...

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The Mechanisms and Outcomes of Evaluation Influence

Cited by 213 publications

References 25 publications

Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: monitoring and delivery

Childsmile: the national child oral health improvement programme in Scotland. Part 2: monitoring and delivery

Usos e influências de uma avaliação: translação de conhecimento?

Depicting the logic of three evaluation theories

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